Valley National Bancorp (
VLY
) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 13, 2013. A cash dividend
payment of $0.1625 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 01,
2013. Shareholders who purchased VLY stock prior to the ex-dividend
date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 4th
quarter that VLY has paid the same dividend.

The previous trading day's last sale of VLY was $10.32,
representing a -18.65% decrease from the 52 week high of $12.69 and
a 19.31% increase over the 52 week low of $8.65.

VLY is a part of the Finance sector, which includes companies
such as Wells Fargo & Company (
WFC
) and J P Morgan Chase & Co (
JPM
). VLY's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's
profitability, is $.73. Zacks Investment Research reports VLY's
forecasted earnings growth in 2013 as -5.28%, compared to an
industry average of 5.8%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment
dates, visit the
VLY
Dividend History
page.

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